SOEN6441 - fall 2011

Course Description

SOEN 6441 - Advanced programming practices (4 credits)

Problems of writing and managing code. Managing complexity: programming process. Pragmatic Programming. Coding conventions, software documentation. Software configuration management. Advanced debugging techniques: program tracing, dynamic inspection and tools. Testing: coding techniques for testing software. Multithreading concurrency and distributed programming. Multi-language programming. A project. Laboratory: two hours per week. Note: Students who have received credit for COMP 6441 may not take this course for credit.

Course Schedule and Contacts

component	day	time	location	instructor	e-mail address	web page
lecture U	M------	14:45-17:30	H-423	Paquet, J.	paquet@cse.concordia.ca
office hours	---T—--	10:30-12:30	EV-3-221	Paquet, J.
lab hours UI	M------	12:45-14:35	H-817	Rana, R.	r_ran@encs.concordia.ca	link
lab hours UJ	-T-----	17:45-19:35	H-817	Rabah, S.	s_rabah@encs.concordia.ca	link

Lecture Schedule

wk	date	event	topics (tentative)
week 1	sep 12		introduction to the course & project
week 2	sep 19	[sep 23] team lists due project description	extreme programming incremental software development agile vs predictive methods
week 3	sep 26		Using CVS in the eclipse environment coding style and standards inline documentation tools: javadoc
week 4	oct 3	Project build 1 requirements/grading scheme	Using JUnit in Eclipse Tutorial on JUnit in Eclipse
week 5	oct 17		Design patterns in Java
week 6	oct 24	midterm examination (no lecture) [oct 30] Deadline for withdrawal
week 7	oct 31	project build 1 due (presentations-no lecture)
week 8	nov 7	Project build 2 requirements/grading scheme	fault tolerance through exception handling
week 9	nov 14		Quality in coding Refactoring
week 10	nov 21	project build 2 due (presentations-no lecture)
week 11	nov 28	Project build 3 requirements/grading scheme	Java Generics
week 12	dec 5		Multithreading in Java Multithreading tutorial
week 13	dec 6	project build 3 due (presentation)
exam week	dec 7-22	final examination (19:00-22:00, Monday, December 12th, 2011, FGB060)

Course Material and Resources

• Course outline
• Project Description
• ENCS Electronic Student Submission System